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Historic Contract Settlement with the New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation Yields 18% Wage Increases and Upgraded Benefit Funds

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, represented by Levy Ratner, entered into an historic contract with the City of New York and the New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation on behalf of nearly 3,000 Pharmacists, Dietitians, Laboratory Workers and Licensed Practical Nurses. In addition to a wage increase of nearly 18%, the contract established, for the first time, a child care fund and a greatly expanded training and upgrading fund. Click here to read the Memorandum of Agreement.